National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
938 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1253 PM     HEAVY SNOW       DE KALB                 41.93N 88.75W
12/12/2010  U0.0 INCH        DEKALB             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. VSBY BETWEEN 1/4 TO 1 MILE IN
            NW DE KALB. STATE ROAD 38 CLOSED BETWEEN DE KALB AND
            INTERSTATE 39.

0100 PM     SNOW             OGLESBY                 41.29N 89.06W
12/12/2010  E3.0 INCH        LA SALLE           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 2-3 INCHES STORM TOTAL. SNOW DEPTH 3-4 INCHES.
            SNOW BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ICY...SNOW-COVERED ROADS.

0244 PM     HEAVY SNOW       PORTAGE                 41.59N 87.18W
12/12/2010  M2.0 INCH        PORTER             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED IN 1 HOUR. BLIZZARD/WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIME
            OF REPORT. ROADS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.

0430 PM     SNOW             OAK BROOK               41.84N 87.95W
12/12/2010  M1.9 INCH        DUPAGE             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL 1.9 INCHES IN OAK BROOK.

0440 PM     HEAVY SNOW       VALPARAISO              41.48N 87.05W
12/12/2010  E3.0 INCH        PORTER             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8 INCH SNOW DRIFTS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIME OF
            REPORT.

0515 PM     SNOW             3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT     41.75N 87.79W
12/12/2010  M2.5 INCH        COOK               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TOTAL OF 2.5 INCHES SINCE 7 AM THIS MORNING.

0600 PM     SNOW             ROMEOVILLE              41.65N 88.09W
12/12/2010  M1.2 INCH        WILL               IL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            STORM TOTAL AT WFO CHICAGO.

0645 PM     SNOW             POLO                    41.98N 89.58W
12/12/2010  M2.1 INCH        OGLE               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL 2.1 INCHES IN POLO.

0700 PM     SNOW             ROGERS PARK             42.01N 87.67W
12/12/2010  E3.0 INCH        COOK               IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STORM TOTAL AROUND 3 INCHES.

0715 PM     SNOW             ST. CHARLES             41.92N 88.30W
12/12/2010  E2.4 INCH        KANE               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL.

0720 PM     HEAVY SNOW       VALPARAISO              41.48N 87.05W
12/12/2010  M4.0 INCH        PORTER             IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. STORM TOTAL
            ESTIMATED AROUND 7 INCHES.


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RC